By NNN-PTI,
Islamabad : The US plans to send the names of some individuals and groups based in Pakistan to the UN Security Council for tightening sanctions against them.
US State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood told a briefing in Washington on Friday that details of the list of names to be submitted to the Security Council would be revealed when the list is sent to the UN, the Dawn newspaper reported.
Asked to confirm if the US had already sent the names of some Pakistani individuals, including several retired Inter-Services Intelligence officers, to the Security Council for addition to the UN terrorist sanctions list, Wood said: “I’m not going to comment on names that we may or may not submit to the UN.
“It wouldn’t be appropriate for me to do (so) at this point.” Recent media reports in Pakistan have suggested that former ISI chief Lt Gen (retired) Hamid Gul and at least three other former officers of the powerful spy agency could be put on the list of terrorist sanctions.
Gul, who was ISI chief during 1987-89, played a key role in assisting mujahideen groups that fought against Soviet forces which had occupied Afghanistan and in instigating the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.
He continues to be a vocal supporter of jehadi groups.
Once the name of an individual or a group is added to the terrorist sanctions list, all UN members are required to freeze the funds and other financial assets of designated individuals and entities.